An Illinois congressman has once again been named to the “50 Most Beautiful” list put out every year by The Hill, the news outlet whose main beat is Congress. But it isn’t Peoria Rep. Aaron Schock with his name up in lights. Instead, it’s neighboring Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Manteno.

His district is based outside of Chicago’s south suburbs, but snakes down to grab part of Bloomington-Normal, as well as the eastern third or so of Woodford County, near El Paso. He got his start in politics serving on the McLean County Board, so many still look at him as a central Illinois lawmaker. He scores a nice write-up here, coming in at No. 5.

My favorite quotation, however, has to come from the list’s No. 2-ranked Grace Johnson, a scheduler for Tennesee Republican Rep. Chuck Fleischmann. She described Washington, D.C., pretty aptly — and approvingly: “It’s a bunch of nerds all congregated in one city.”

Before there’s any outcry from his legions of fans, we’d hasten to add that Schock is ineligible. You can only make the list once, and like Kinzinger, he did so in his freshman year in the House, back in 2009.

Aaron “Doogie Howser” Schock does win the biggest Illinois lawmaker hypocrite award!
Schock loves to toss red meat to the tea party wing nuts—-how he just HATES all that darn federal pork!
EXCEPT when he is mugging for the local TV cameras and bragging about getting a lot of Federal pork for HIS district!